We all know the moment.
You’re listening to a new album for the first time, maybe you’ve
already given it a few casual listens but haven’t really focused on
it with your mind’s ear. Maybe you’ve have, but you haven’t
yet heard that thing you look for in your music, that thing that
hits your sweetspot and goes on rubbing it with a supple command. And you
know instantly, then, that this album is going to rise to the upper echelons,
become one of your records...

We are in the middle of what the locals call,
“June Gloom” here in Los Angeles. It's a wonderful time in which
the sun doesn't come out, the sky is gray and the temperatures hover around
65. This might not sound great to people living outside of Los Angeles, but
for those of us who live here, believe me, it's wonderful... Perhaps the best
perk of this unseasonably cool weather is it gives us more time to drink red
wine....